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Born in 1894 Donald trained as a butcher, working for Birty Wolfenden in Stanley Road Bootle were the family had moved to from Scotland.

Donald was a proficient slaughter man and in his spare time would slaughter for several other butchers in the area which enabled him to save enough money to buy into a partnership with Birty Wolfenden.

In 1923, Donald and Birty bought 25 Church Street, Ormskirk from Hubert Hulmes as an established butchers shop with a slaughterhouse to the rear of the premises.

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Trading as Hulmes their partnership continued for a further 6 years before amicably dissolving, following Donald’s decision to buy out Birty’s share in the Ormskirk shop.

However it was not until the mid 1930’s and the arrival of Donald’s two sons (Donald Jnr and Jimmy) into the business that the name of the shop was changed to D.C Scott and Sons to reflect it as a family run concern.

Donald Cameron McLeod Scott's sons Donald Jr and Jimmy Scott

Anthony Rawsthorne is the great grandson of D. C Scott and part owns the shop with Ian Bridge, David Birks and Stuart Mills.

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He said: “We have incorporated old photos of the shop into the refit as we felt the history and association with Ormskirk was really important.

“The shop is now changing to meet customer demands for easy to prepare meals so on top of the high quality meat we are already renowned for we are expanding the range of freshly made oven ready meals using a variety of flavors from around the world, along with cooked meats, cheeses, patchwork pate and within the next week we are going to be selling fresh vegetables.

Mrs D Scott and Anthony Rawsthorne

“We are also the only place in Ormskirk that sell Ormskirk Gingerbread using the original recipe and again this has been celebrated within the refit of the shop.”

In 1963 Donald Jnr and Jimmy’s sons Peter and Donald started working full time at the shop.

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The next big change came in 1971 when the adjacent grocers shop was purchased and opened in 1972 as a delicatessen/confectionery connected to the butchers.

Both shops continued to prosper and became the leading butchers in the local area for supplying game and speciality meats.

Anthony continued: “Our reputation for high standard quality meat also led to a growing demand to supply the restaurant and catering industry.”

In 2006 Peter and Donald decided to retire and relinquish the business to four loyal members of staff, Anthony Rawsthorne, Ian Bridge, David Birks and Stuart Mills – who chose to continue trading under the name of D.C Scott and Sons.

The staff of DC Scott and Sons

“Under this partnership we continue to build upon the excellent customer service and quality of meat we are so renowned for.”